The Science of Cables


It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why cables sound the way they do. When I see discussions on cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like shielding, gauge, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things like resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?

Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables. 

I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
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Not science:

I mixed up a bunch of rare and expensive herbs in my kitchen, and they cure the common cold in 2 weeks, guaranteed! 

The idea that science or engineering block discovery is nonsense. So, make up a batch, cure a bunch of people and then find the method of effect. How and why does it work? When does it not work? How much better is it than chickens soup?


That is science.
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teo :

No one is arguing against art.


Just don't come to me with reams of science sounding stuff and then claim your stuff can't be tested or measured, or that you are a maverick.


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I know exactly what the hell is going on, Eric. I simply won’t discuss it.

It’s business, and in business one keeps their knowledge and lore to themselves. The downside is one is accused of being a charlatan but the alternative is giving all of it away and having no food to put on the table, all while the accolades keep coming in. Then other people eat all your meals for you. all for the sake of making Eric (and some others) happy.

Not happening today or tomorrow.

In science, it can be given freely, sometimes. But even then it is held tightly, in most cases. As good science can be big business. Sometimes ...world changing business. Hundreds of billions.

EG, this just emerged:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/03/09/carbon-nanotube-membrane-breakthrough-is-real-world...

If you read it with the right clear eyes, you see that it says transmutation. And in such a scenario, all metals markets and all resource markets ......die. And that’s global politics and 10’s of trillions. It does not say this explicitly, but that’s the next phase of it - that lies beyond the scope of the article..

Be aware, that in a resource poor area of the world, in this case, Japan, Toyota and other major corporations have applied for and received ..in this area of technology...flat out plain spoken, ~proven~ real world patents, for TRANSMUTATION of elements.

As in...alchemical transmutation of one periodic element to another, in mass quantities that are useful to engineering and building things.

But there are stranger things yet, if one knows how and where to look....and you ain't gonna be doing much of that exploration with a negative proofing mindset.

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There have been many different tests in audio. There is one where they used an incomplete system vs a system what could reveal all the aspects of sound. 97% did choose blind for the system that can reveal all the aspects of sound. 
When we let new clients hear a Tru-Fi system we never heard that they prefer their own trial&error system. Most people told that they had no idea how many aspects sound is founded on. They did choose pure by gambling. Most even cannot describe what their personal preference is. This proves how thin the line is where you are walking on when you do audio by trial&error.

This is why you need to learn audio lovers what sound is and how music sounds in real. This will make them understand audio a lot better. So they can understand it and use it for their own system. People have their own personal taste in music, But sound and music still sounds as it sounds in real. Like our emotion works rather the same way. You need audio products who come a lot closer to the way how instruments and voices sound in reality.

This is why the audio market needs a new mindset to create products which come closer to the truth. This is what people need and should be given. It will also make new people interested in audio and music who are now not interested in the trail&error systems. Due to the lack of emotion. When we demo a Tru-Fi system to children it is impressive what it does with their reaction and emotion. At the end emotion is what each human needs and wants.